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Sundarbans, Bangladesh and IndiaImage of the Sundarbans (in dark green) on 2 March 2015 from the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite. The Sundarbans are located at the mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers between India and Bangladesh. Covering approximately 10,000 square kilometers, it contains the world's largest mangrove forests and is home to one of the largest Bengal tiger reserves. Visit Worldview to visualize near real-time data from EOSDIS.

A baffling signal in the tropicsScientists utilize data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) to study the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). The MJO signal, a mélange of intense atmospheric convection, air pressure, and wind, is so strong that it can spike rainfall in the South Asian and Australian monsoons and increase the number of violent tornado outbreaks in the United States. Understanding it could improve long-range weather forecasts and enable scientists to further refine computer models of global climate. Click to read more of this Sensing Our Planet article.

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Images provided through the EOSDIS Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) along with the Worldview interactive data browser provide a gateway to the initial discovery and analysis of NASA Earth observing data.

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over the Colby Fire at 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2014, about five hours after the fire was first reported.